  Police in Baku stops fans wearing Mkhitaryan’s football shirt (video) (video)  May 29, 2019 - 12:07 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The police in Baku stopped fans wearing football shirts with the midfielder of London’s Arsenal and the Armenian national team, Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s surname. SNTV shared a video on the Twitter account showing how an Azeri policeman stops a group of Arsenal fans with Mkhitaryan’s shirts on walking in Baku and lets them go after a while. On May 29 in Baku Europe League Final game Arsenal vs Chelsea will take place. Earlier, Arsenal football club had officially announced that due to security reasons Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not participate in the game. The fans of the football club had organized a petition on Change.org platform demanding to boycott the final game.   Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
